English Country Tune - Valve
English Country Tune is Now Available on Steam and 10% off until August 16, 2012 at 10AM PST!

English Country Tune is a luxuriant abstract 3D puzzle game brought to you by increpare, the first commercial project of a developer who's brought you nearly 200 freeware games to date.

Over the course of more than a hundred levels situated throughout 17 worlds, you'll become acquainted with a wide variety of very different mechanics, none of them what they first may appear, and which will combine together in challenging ways.

Announcement - Valve
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ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition - Valve
1.0.14
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
- Added a new information panel in Battle Mode displaying individual ships with a health bar and their statistics.
- The AI can now retrofit its fleets (no more fleet spamming).
- Added the 'Auto-Explore' fleet action.
- Ships can now retreat through wormholes.
- Added the current effects of cooperation agreements in their tooltip, in the diplomatic screen.
INVASION
- Added a visual effect on the invasion circle to show how much a player invading a system will gain at the next turn.
- Added an invasion status tooltip in offense & defense, as well as an invasion icon next to the system’s name with the number of turns.
- Changed the condition for starting an invasion (MP>=2.5*Defense -> MP>=Defense).
- Changed the invasion formula (Loss=MP / Defense -> Loss = minLoss+MP /Defense).
MODDING
- Added a modding screen to load a custom mod.
- Added the loaded mod’s name under the game’s version number on the title screen.
- All XML files now read from directory \Endless Space\modding\yourmod (you can directly launch one with "+mod yourmod" in the Steam command line).
- Created a Modding Tutorial available in the Modding forum: http://forums.amplitude-studios.com/showthread.php?9258-Tutorials-for-Modding-ES
- Created two example mods that can be downloaded in the Modding forum: http://forums.amplitude-studios.com/showthread.php?9259-Two-Mods-King-of-the-Hill-amp-Example-mod
BALANCING & TRAITS
- Changed antimissile and missile evasion values to match other weapons' values when it comes to percent bonuses (hero, ship level…).
- Missiles will now gain evasion % against anti-missiles through Hero offense and Ship leveling.
- Increased the defense effects of the hero abilities and faction traits.
- Decreased both laser and shield efficiencies. Lasers have more chances to hit than other weapons but deal less damage, and shields are more efficient against Lasers than other Defense types against their own Weapon type.
- Added an Economy faction trait which changes initial dust for 1 or 2 points, called “Dust Archeology” (negative effect is “Dust Starved”).
- Changed some faction trait costs.
- Changed the values of the 'Sloppy Sawbones' faction trait (+25% / +50% => +50% / +100%).
- Removed the ‘Isolationists’ faction trait.
- Improved the customization point number for the Pilgrims affinity (60 => 65).
- Reduced the effects of the 'Civil Engineer' hero ability (+25 ind => +15 ind).
- Increased the defense effects of the hero abilities and faction traits.
OTHER
- Shift+Click in the Tech tree allows you to deselect a tech (and the ones that depend on it).
- Right clicking in the lobby, while being the host, prompts a warning message to avoid inadvertently quitting the session and losing all parameters.
- Added several hero portraits.
- Added the Sheredyn loading screen and the hologram in the Diplomacy view (Emperor Edition).
- The science gained per turn is now displayed in the Empire View.
- Added a “diplomatic” status for dead factions.

FIXES
IMPORTANT FIXES
- Fixed an issue where an empire was not eliminated after losing all its systems.
- Fixed an issue where game event duration was not modified by game speed.
- Fixed an issue where the user could create Amoeba, Pilgrims, Sowers, and Empire affiliated factions worth 65 points.
- Fixed an issue where the defeat announcement, when continuing a game after a defeat, would pop up several times.
OTHER FIXES
- Fixed an issue where an assert message was received when ending the turn, caused by the auto explore feature.
- Fixed an issue where the “Camouflage” battle card’s sound could be heard several times per round.
- Fixed an issue where the alliance indicator didn’t disappear after the empire’s death.
- Fixed an issue where the resource tooltips continued to inform the player that he possessed a certain resource, even if he no longer had access to it.
- Fixed an issue where the resource terms showed the opposing empires’ tooltip on mouse-over.
- Fixed an issue where removing a negative trait to create a Sophon custom faction removed points from the total.
- Fixed an issue where intercept no longer worked after applying a change to a fleet (like a merge).
- Fixed an issue where the resource tooltips did not acknowledge the reception of a new resource through trade, therefore displaying that this resource had to be researched in order to use a certain tech.
- Fixed an issue where a player could not request more resources than the value requested on the first trade.
- Fixed an issue where the Adaptive Industrial Systems improvement could cause negative food values.
- Fixed an issue where it was still possible to combine Black Thumbs and the Sowers Affinity via a specific manipulation.
- Fixed an issue where custom factions with 'Eternal War' see the Alliance tech unlock.
- Fixed an issue where custom factions with 'Cravers Affinity' but without 'Eternal War' are not able to make alliances.
- Fixed an issue where the Revenge trait could be cumulated after consistenly losing a system to an invader.
- Fixed an issue where an assert message was received while blockading a majority of an empire’s systems.
- Fixed sound issues.
- Fixed several localization issues.
- Fixed several text issues.

All the version notes since the alpha version can be found at:
http://forums.amplitude-studios.com/showthread.php?446-Release-Notes
Magicka - Valve
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Max Payne 3 - Valve
Max Payne 3: Local Justice Pack is Now Available on Steam along with six more pieces of new DLC. For a limited time only, you can purchase the Local Justice Pack for 25% off.

New Max Payne DLC includes:

Local Justice Pack
Silent Killer DLC
Cemetery Map DLC
Special Edition Pack DLC
Deadly Force DLC
Pill Bottle Item DLC
Classic Max Character DLC

Source Filmmaker - Valve
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.5.12 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

  • New session: Meet the Soldier
  • Poster can be exported to PNG or JPEG additional to TGA
  • Movie export to Image Sequence now with JPEG possible
  • Improved rig scripts to fix knee and shoulder position issues
  • Fixed watch on Sniper
  • Issue with exporting movies with frame rate 23.976 fixed
  • Single sound file can manually update its waveform
  • Improvements in the Console: autocomplete and clear
  • Improved default animationset control groupings

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Valve
Patch Notes

Fix for Co-operative Multiplayer Campaign victory conditions. The campaign will end when the victory conditions are met.
Increased the variant texture cache size on low, medium and high graphics settings to prevent bodies from twitching on the battle map.
Added DLC requirement string to Saints and Heroes unit tool tips in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Russian and Polish on the veteran selection screen.
The download bar will now show for clients when downloading user generated multiplayer battle maps.
Unit names will now appear correctly above the selected units in the unit stats roster in the battle lobby.
Desynchronisation / desync fix for Multiplayer Campaign.

Secret World Legends - Valve
The Secret World is now available on Steam!

Hidden within our own modern-day world is a secret world. A world where every myth, legend, and conspiracy theory is true. And now, dark forces are on the move and secrets that should have remained forever buried have finally been uncovered. The world is about to discover that the terrors that have plagued our nightmares are all very real.

Recruited to become agents for these secret societies, civilians are granted access to the true power embedded in their DNA. Finally capable of tapping into their full potential, these agents can now master any weapon, learn any power, and take on any role they want in the secret war and the battle against the rising darkness.

You have been chosen. Welcome to The Secret World.

Dungeon Defenders - Valve
7.40 Update Notes:
* Added new Jester Hero DLC, along with Fool Costume, and "The King's Game" mission & associated loot
* Improved Mac performance, and added & optimized support for Macbook Pro Retina display (and any native Mac display resolution).
* The 'Dungeon Defenders Development Kit' has been moved to the Steam Tools section, rather than being a Dungeon Defenders DLC. Any previous owner of that DLC should re-download it as a Tool.
* Spider Minions can no longer be webbed, and Enemy Ogres can now be webbed
* Reduced Goblin Copter floating height by 33%, enabling melee characters to more easily hit them
* Further reduced Goblin Copter flight speed by 20%
* Made Copter Ogres lose 70% of HP if they are dropped from a destroyed Copter
* Mod Maps no longer become deselected in the Mission Setup UI when someone enters or leaves your Tavern
* Sky City ninja Djinn/Wyverns should really be fixed now. Promise.
* Dungeon Defenders Development Kit Updated to contain all Dungeon Defenders content! (Eternia Shards, New Heroes, etc)
Symphony - Valve
Symphony is Now Available on Steam!

Your music is under attack, you must liberate it!

A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection, discover items, customize your ship and fight boss enemies to liberate the Symphony of Souls and reclaim your music!

Symphony is one of the most music-driven games ever made. In this vertical shooter, re-experience each of your songs as it becomes a unique battlefield driven by intensity and tempo.

Your music collection is now an item collection! Each of your songs contains an item you can discover, equip and upgrade. Fully customize your ship to reach score targets, upgrade items and unlock new difficulty levels.

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